Banned tobacco products seized at Vidhan Sabha
Nagpur : On the second of the ongoing monsoon session of Maharashtra State Assembly, the security guards seized tobacco products like cigarette, bidi, khaini, gutkha and mava from those visiting the Vidhan Bhavan. It may be noted here that possession and...
60% of cattle owners gulp down public land in Nagpur
Nagpur: As many as 60% of the people employed in the occupation of cattle rearing in Nagpur have encroached upon the roads, public utility lands and bylanes to make cow pens and stables. Most of them have fully...
Farmers rejoice as Vidarbha gets incessant rains
Nagpur : After disappearing for almost three weeks from its onset in the first week of June, the monsoon has once again became active in the Vidarbha region. Almost all the districts in Vidarbha have been witnessing incessant rains since...
Cops save poor woman from panicked mob
Nagpur : In a very worrying trend, a mob of 400 people attacked a poor woman suspecting her to be a child-lifter. The incident happened at Karambhad village in Nagpur district on Thursday. In what should raise a serious...
Parshioni cops rescue a woman, avert Dhule-type incident
Nagpur: Swift action by Parshioni cops saved the life of a woman and also averted Dhule-type incident. A 400-strong crowd of villagers in Nagpur’s Karambhad village had on July 3 detained a woman suspecting her to be a member...
State’s Police Patil demand hike in pay, pension
Nagpur : Hundreds of members of Vidarbha Police Patil Welfare Association Nagpur on Thursday staged a demonstration at Tekdi Road Nagpur to highlight their various demands. The association was led by president Dipak Paliwal, state president Mahadev Nagargoje and working...
Oppn terms hike in MSP announced by PM as ‘cheating’ of farmers
Nagpur: The Opposition members on Thursday staged protest outside Assembly and raised slogans against Fadnavis Government. The Opposition described the hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday as ' cheating' of...
Retired employees demand long-pending pension benefits
NAGPUR: The monsoon session of the State Assembly is witnessing a large number of demonstrations in Nagpur. Every year, large number of agitating people and organizations assemble in Nagpur to stage demonstrations to press for their long-pending demands....
Wardha slum-dwellers demand permanent land deeds
NAGPUR: Demanding permanent land deeds, thousands of poor slum-dwellers from Wardha district staged a demonstration at Ganesh Tekdi Road in Nagpur on the second day of the ongoing monsoon session of the State Assembly on Thursday. The agitators, led...
Council adjourned for the day amid bedlam over compensation to cotton farmers
Nagpur: The State Legislative Council witnessed Opposition bedlam on the second day of monsoon session over the issue of compensation to cotton farmers affected due to bollworm attack. As the proceedings started and Question Hour was being taken up,...
Oppn demands CM’s resignation over ‘land scam’
Nagpur: A united Opposition on Thursday demanded resignation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis alleging his direct involvement in ‘land scam.’ Replying to the allegations raised in Assembly on second day of Monsoon Session, Fadnavis rejected the Congress' claim that...
No tobacco inside Vidhan Bhavan during legislative assembly
Nagpur: On the second day of the monsoon session of the state Legislative Assembly, Tobacco consumption as well as carrying it has been prohibited inside the Vidhan Bhavan in Nagpur. This action will remain for the session. On Thursday, the security...
Mobile phone handsets worth Rs 15.70 lakh stolen from shop in Jaripatka
Nagpur: A gang of miscreants targeted a mobile shop situated near office of NMC’s Standing Committee Chairman Virendra Kukreja in Jaripatka area and decamped with cell phone handsets of various companies worth Rs 15.70 lakh. The burglary took place between...
Man knocked dead by speeding vehicle on Wardha Road
Nagpur: A young man was found lying dead on Wardha Road on Wednesday night. The deceased was probably knocked down by a recklessly driven vehicle. Beltarodi police received information around 8 pm on Wednesday that a man was lying dead near...
Maha govt orders inquiry on Pune school on issuing colour of girls’ underwear
Pune: The state’s Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Thursday ordered a detail inquiry into complaints after a private school in Pune issued guidelines on the colour of female students’ underwear. Parents and students protested on Wednesday against the directions issued...
Minister clarifies on Kanhan River contamination
Nagpur: On the second day of Monsoon Session, total 52 questions were included in the Question Hour on various subjects including school education, sports and youth welfare, higher and technical education, Marathi language, cultural affairs, minorities development and Waqf, and...
Security threats lurking but baggage scanner at Nagpur Rly Station lies ‘dead’
Nagpur: Irrespective of lurking security threat in present scenario context, the Railway administration in Nagpur, it seems, sitting idle. In fact, the bosses could be waiting for a disaster to strike first. The classic example of this utterly casual approach...
State Council: BJP fields Jankar; Cong drops Thakare
NAGPUR: All major political parties have announced their candidates for the 11 seats of State Council that are becoming vacant soon. Looking at the present strength of parties in the State Assembly, it is almost sure that five...
27 Bills, 12 ordinances to be on Monsoon Session agenda
Nagpur: The Monsoon Session of State Legislature that started from Wednesday will be busy with legislative business for two weeks. In the session, about 27 bills, including 10 pending and 12 ordinances are going to be tabled for discussion and...
Police foil agitation for separate Vidarbha State
NAGPUR: The members of Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti staged a demonstration at Variety Square in Nagpur on the very first day of the monsoon session of the Maharashtra State Assembly on Wednesday to press for the demand of...
Snake-lover pulls out 9 eggs from snake’s mouth
NAGPUR: You might have heard stories of some brave people, who have tamed a tiger. But have you ever heard someone pulling out eggs from the mouth of a snake? Yes, you read it right! This unbelievable incident...
